Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among ...

The brain encodes negative memories more vividly due to evolutionary survival needs. Emotional circuitry prioritizes threats ...

A new study by Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

Destroyed connections between brain cells may be to blame. A colored scanning electron micrograph of microglial cells—the immune cells of the central nervous system—that play important roles ...

A new study from Pitt researchers challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct ...

A new study challenges a decades-old assumption in neuroscience by showing that the brain uses distinct transmission sites -- not a shared site -- to achieve different types of plasticity.

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has uncovered how the MN1 gene evolved to shape both the ...

Researchers at the UVA School of Medicine found blocking a brain-defense molecule in mice prevented memory loss and other ...

18 The concept of brain health has gained increasing attention in public campaigns. Brain health can be defined as a continuous state of maintaining optimal brain function that best supports a ...

A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat. A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits.

More than a billion people around the world suffer from mental disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, Huntington’s, ...